Patna-Guwahati flight from August

TNN | Updated: Jul 9, 2018, 07:04 IST

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PATNA: Flyers will have a direct flight from Patna to Guwahati from August 31.

City’s Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport director Rajendra Singh Lahauria on Sunday said SpiceJet would operate a Patna-Guwahati flight daily and may increase its frequency in future depending on the passengers’ rush on this route.

“Just a week back, the operator gave us a proposal to initiate a flight on the route and sought permission for it. SpiceJet was granted permission three days back,” Lahauria said and added that the proposed flight from Guwahati would arrive at Patna airport at 9.35am and it would depart at 9.55am.

“The airline officials have been instructed to strictly adhere to the time slot allotted to them for operating the flight as even a delay of five to 10 minutes would impact the operation of other flights on different routes. The crunch of parking space of aircraft is also a big factor due to which officials will have to stick to a strict time table,” he said.

“At present, flyers are required to change flight at Kolkata for Guwahati. It consumes lots of time and doubles the cost of fare in comparison to a direct flight,” Lahauria said, adding even delayed trains on the route is another factor that people look for flights for Guwahati.

He said a large number of devotees visit Kamakhya in Assam for religious purposes and there are many people from Bihar in the northeastern state for professional, educational and other reasons. That’s why passengers flow on this route has always been high.

Lahauria said altogether 90 flights operate daily between Patna and several other cities of the country, including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Lucknow, Allahabad.

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